Bereft is a 2010 novel by the Australian author Chris Womersley.
Plot summary
In 1919 the First World War is over and Spanish Flu is at epidemic proportions in Australia. Quinn Walker returns from the war to the small town of Flint to face the consequences of his sister's killing, ageing parents and a police constable who is intent on blaming him for the death.
Awards
2012 longlisted International Dublin Literary Award 2012 shortlisted The National Year of Reading 2012 Our Story Collection — New South Wales 2012 shortlisted Crime Writers' Association (UK) — The CWA Gold Dagger 2011 winner Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction 2011 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
Notes
Dedication: For Roslyn, who always believed. Epigraph: Every angel is terrible - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Duino Elegies
Reviews
Australian Crime FictionAustralian Crime Fiction Kill Your DarlingsKill Your Darlings Review by Thuy Linh Nguyen The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning Herald Review by Peter Pierce
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